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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Satyrium » Oak Hairstreak - Hodges#4331 (Satyrium favonius) » Texas Oak Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius autolycus)
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Oak Hairstreak on cactus flower - Satyrium favonius
Copyright © 2007 E Moon

Oak Hairstreak on cactus flower - Satyrium favonius
Williamson County, Texas, USA
May 10, 2007
Oak Hairstreaks nectar on a variety of spring flowers, including down in prickly-pear flowers, as here. For a quick ID, note the strong W in the underside of the hindwing, underlined by a straight white/orange dash, above the single blue hind-wing spot. These butterflies also nectar on milkweed (here, on Antelope Horns and other early prairie milkweeds, wild onions, legumes, and dogbane.
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Contributed by E Moon on 11 May, 2007 - 11:38am
Last updated 25 April, 2018 - 4:05pm

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